Hello everyone and thank you for being here! Last month’s edition was centered around giving yourself permission to pause. This month I would like to gently explore a topic that many of us carry silently: scarcity. Not just the kind tied to money; although, that is a big one, but the kind that whispers ‘there’s never enough time,’ ‘I should be doing more,’ or ‘I’ll finally feel worthy when…’ I know this voice well. For years, it drove me to overperform, people-please, and override my inner wisdom. But something powerful happens when we begin to notice that voice without believing it. In this edition, I would like to offer my personal story about scarcity and some practices and questions that can hopefully help you too.
🌿 My Personal Story & the Moment Everything Shifted
For as long as I can remember, I tied my self-worth to being productive. Not on purpose—this was never a conscious decision, but over time, it became my truth. The more I gave, the more valuable I believed I was. And for a long time, that belief quietly drove everything I did.
Real estate, in many ways, was a natural fit for that part of me. It’s a relationship-driven business, and I poured my whole heart into it. I took pride in showing up, being reliable, and making sure my clients felt taken care of. I genuinely loved helping people find home, both literally and emotionally. But the truth is, I was also measuring my worth by how available I was, how much I could hold, and how little I could drop. I wore “I can do everything” like a badge of honor, even when it was costing me pieces of myself.
And no one expected me to do that; I did it to myself.
The shift didn’t come with a lightning bolt, but with a single, sobering moment. It was during the height of the pandemic market, when everything felt like it was moving so fast. I was rushing out the door to make yet another appointment, and as I reached the top of the stairs, an intrusive thought stopped me in my tracks: “What if I just fell and broke my legs? Would that finally give me permission to rest?”
It wasn’t drama. It was a desperate whisper from within; a part of me that had been silent for far too long.
That moment gave me pause. Not because I was afraid of the thought itself, but because it showed me just how misaligned I had become. I was “doing all the right things”. But inside, I was depleted, disconnected, and deeply craving something more sustainable… more soul aligned.
That was the beginning of my shift from doing to being, from proving to presence, from scarcity to enough. This was not an overnight transformation, but a tender unraveling of old stories that no longer served me.
We all have stories that no longer serve us. It is like software of our minds that quietly runs in the background of all that we do. It takes time to uncover these stories and come home to ourselves – to realizing that we are already whole – we are already “enough”.
🌀 Gentle Reflection:
Some questions to explore your story around scarcity…
If my story resonates with you on any level, I invite you to explore the following questions with self-compassion.
• Where in your life do you feel like it’s never enough?
• Whose voice taught you that you had to earn your worth?
• What would feel different if you truly trusted that you are already whole?
• What’s one small way you can choose presence over productivity this week?
These aren’t questions to rush through. Let them sit with you. Maybe journal on one. Maybe just breathe with one.
🌬 A Three-Minute Centering Practice – (Making Peace With Enough)
As you all know by now, I love mindfulness and meditation. I have found that stillness is the key to interrupting patterns that are no longer serving our highest good. Below is a practice I have found useful. This is a quick and simple three-minute practice. If you are new to affirmations, this may feel uncomfortable; however, try it and see how you feel afterwards. (Reach out if you actually did this!!)
Find stillness. Let your shoulders soften.
Close your eyes if it feels safe.
Breathe into the space behind your heart.
Now, gently repeat to yourself:
“I have enough.
I am enough.
This moment is enough.”
Three breaths. That’s all it takes to begin the shift.
You can return to this anytime the pressure builds.
💞 A Final Thought
I hope something in this letter reminds you of your innate worth.
You don’t have to hustle to be lovable.
You don’t have to earn rest.
You are enough. Right now. As you are.
And when you live from that truth… it ripples.
It softens the world.
It helps others believe it too.
With love,
Adriana